46.2% ▲ +78.5%
Higher than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 46.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Colac Otway · Council (LGA)
Religion in Colac Otway
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A gap of over 7 percentage points separates Colac Otway from the national average in terms of secularism. Nearly half the population now reports no religion, making the area significantly less religious than the rest of the country. This shift is part of a rapid local trend where the number of non-religious residents has surged since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 46.2% of people in Colac Otway have no religion, a figure that rose 20 points since 2011 and is well above the Victorian figure of 39.3%. Christianity remains the next most common affiliation at 43.3%, while Buddhism, Islam and Hinduism each account for 1% or less.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Colac Otway splits fairly evenly between No religion (46%) and Christianity (43%), with Not stated at 9%.
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- No religion 45.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 22.1%
- Anglican 8.2%
- Uniting Church 5.4%
- Other Christian 2.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.6%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.5%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Sikhism 0.1%
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Religion in Colac Otway [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA21750/colac-otway/topic/religion